Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-21
THE NEWS In VERMONT.
MATTERS OF INTEREST IN OUR OWN
STATE.
Chittenden County.

Chlttenden County.
UNDERuILL.
Service in Calvary Episcopal church, in
the village Of Underhill, on sunday next,
Oct. % ut three O'Clock p. ul., with offer
ings for missions.
The Weekly Free Press from
this date is reduced one halt-it
is now only ONE DOLLAR a
year.
COLCHESTER.
Mrs. Warren Baker is slowly recover
ing from the the elects Of her recent ac.
cident. .....R. j. White is painting and
otherwise improving his store buildings.
..... Saul Pratt lost a borse while on
business trip to Canada last week. .....
Mr.. John Bates and daughter, of Rich
mond are visiting with c. Il. Bates and
family for Il few days. ......H f. Thomp-
son has new road cart,
JERICHO CENTRE.
Miss Jennie Bicknell OF Chicago who
has been .pending the summer with Dea
l. {. stones people, is visiting friends in
Boston......F. Beach has sold the Charles
Church place to John Bruuell for $780,.
Willie Nash made a short stop in Massa
chusetts, where he had ssCnred a good
situation in an INSANE asylum.....O Oliver
Brown is putting up the frame OF his new
barn this week.
W1NOOsKL
Joseph Dlette died Sunday nieht from
the effects Of an injury received week
before while he Wa at work on the Canal
street sewer. He threw stone from the
sewer and it fell back, striking him on the
head. lie did not consider the wound Il
serious one and went to work the next
day, and worked two days. At the end of
thistme he was obliged to stop working
erysipelas setting III with the above men
toned fatal result. He leaves wife and
four children. Mrs. Blossom returned
Saturday from five weeks trip to Min
neapolis and other points in the West.
ESSEN.
Rev. Il. p. Butler and family of Lynn,
\. H., are stopping in town a few days,
on their return from their Western tour
49, The town meeting last Saturday re.
suited tavorably to the improvements
now in progress at the centre village. The
park remains as laid out by the village
improvement association and the road
way is changed to the west and east sides
Of the park. The work of improvement
will now be continued by the Young men
engaged in it, and the dilapidated ap,
pearance of the village will disappear in
process of time. ..., Rev. w. ID. Williams
announced last Sunday his acceptance of
the invitation OF the churches at the Cen
tre anu at me Juuc'i1n 70 Pe5olne tnelr
p.. fi i11'ttf a tSuVLer & leiC toWh on
119ol."a! 1oI' i"i = NiI.l " ller rt6tlNeo IN
~ ~ Wv Ai1ouO'i ,l. ga, oh i'er way TO
......Clder apples are quite abundant aud
PnsiSoi ''ie ii'''''l''i Pii'e u J" co"'S per
ST. Ehoi"h'
News recently received from Barton
Landing announces the death of Amt
Sophia owen, widow of the late OrIando
owen. Aunt Sophia as she was familiarly
known has long made her home with her
son Charles III Irasburgh, VINO has admin
iste.ed the kindest of care to both father
and mother in THEW months of suffering
Aunt Sophia died on the l1th inst. artd
50 years. She is the last one of Il la1,pn
family consisting OF ii children. the most
of whom have passed the allotted three score
and ten......Mr and Mrs. Russell TUIev
have returned from their visit to Swanton
seeming very much pleased with
that part of the State. Cum.
mings Post G. A. Il. of Hineburpb
which is also well represented i'm this
town are very fortunate in securing for
known ldn G: l. \ Thomas Of Boston Win his